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    THE REPUBLIC QE LIBERIA. 119

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    XXIL—THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA—ITS PRODUCT...

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    Owing to the recent visit of Mr. Benson,...

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    possible , if it were desirable , it becomes the duty of every woman , so far as in lier liesto obviate tlie evils which the advancing- tide

    is bringing to our doors , , even if the strong belief in the necessity of the case should lead her to standas I do nowbefore an audience

    as it were at the stake . , , , We want the intelligent , Christian supervision of women in _, the

    unclassified wards of our Poor Houses , as well as in our work-rooms and factories . We have been accustomed to speak with pride

    of the superior virtue of our humbler classes in Ireland . Alas ! " the wild sweet-briery hedge" is fast _disapiaearing ; a love of dress ,

    fostered by the attainability of " Brummagem" ornaments , and cast-off finery of fashionable ladiesis a fatal snare to the giddy

    and neglected girls who are thrust into , a life of publicity and bustle before they have received any training to fit them for the deadly

    struggle of temptation ; and , although vice has not arrived with us to the organization we hear of elsewhereit is a melancholy but

    , authenticated fact , that a large proportion of workwomen eke out the wages of the sempstress and artisan by means that no

    woman who deserves the name can think of without a shudder .

    The Republic Qe Liberia. 119

    THE REPUBLIC _QE LIBERIA . 119

    Xxil—The Republic Of Liberia—Its Product...

    XXIL—THE REPUBLIC OF LIBERIA—ITS PRODUCTS AND RESOURCES . ¦ ¦ _» ¦

    Owing To The Recent Visit Of Mr. Benson,...

    Owing to the recent visit of Mr . Benson , second and actual President of the Republic of Liberiaand of Mr . Robertsthe

    ex-Presidentthat little state on the , west coast of Africa , has attracted more , than usual attention , and we beg to call the notice

    of our readers to the following statement , condensed from a paper read by Mr . Ralstonthe Consul-General of that Republicbefore

    the Society of Arts , which , gives a hopeful view of its condition , and prospects : —

    " Liberia , ( the land of the free , ) on the west coast of Africa , is a place of refuge for negroes who have emigrated from the

    United States . These negroes have been aided by the benevolence of the American Colonization Society at Washingtonto remove to

    , the coast of Guinea , where , after undergoing hardships and afflictions incident to settling in a savage region ,, they have formed

    themselves into a respectable commonwealth , numbering some 500000 soulsof whom about 484000 are aboriginal inhabitants

    of the , country , , and about 16 , 000 Americo , -Liberians . Their form of government is that of a Republichaving an elected President

    and two Houses ( Senate and the House , of Representatives ) of the Legislature . The President and Vice-President are elected for

    two years , the House of Representatives for two years , and the

    Senate for four years . There are thirteen members of the Lower

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1862, page 119, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101862/page/47/